"In nothing is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of afternoon tea."
- George Gissing
The dainty tea pots you see before you are three new additions to my collection (yesterday I decided that these + my other two = the baby stages of a colletion, non?).
So these gorgeous gifts were from three separate gals all within ONE WEEK and I think they're ace. Ok, how cute is that elephant?!
Mark, the English gentleman that he is, also gave me an adorable tea book for my birthday.
It's called, 'The Art of Taking Tea' by Kim Waller.
The book has a few tips for putting a formal shine on your tea time...whatever time of day that might be. The author suggests that one should aquire:
- creamer and sugar duo
- strainer to place over the cup for the loose tea leaves or lemon seeds
- sugar tongs and lemon forks
- tea caddies
- teaspoons : preferably with your first or last name initial engraved
This book has pictures. Pretty ones. Not everything matches, either, which I like.
Waller suggests to put tea cups and saucers together by form and colour themes.
To me this means keep an eye out for cool finds in charity shops and at garage sales then mix and match, but be picky. VOILA.
Alright... time to relaaaaaaaaaax and enjoy an afternoon tea myself since class this morning was extra intense (there are only three weeks of first year uni left! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
Yeah, I'll write about more interesting things soon. School has taken over slightly you see... and I have this brand new husband to hang out with 24/7 which makes this the most FUN time of my life so far :)
ps: mark says that in a fight, coffee would kick tea's butt. I say no way hosea. You?
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I would have to say "TEA" hands down.
I've had some pretty amazing chai.
Shannon
The only way coffee would beat tea is if it was Canadian coffee against Canadian tea. England it's entirely the other way around. Seeing as Mark is in Canadia I'm going to have to side with him.
tea all the way. especially if poured from one of those faboulously cool teapots. or drunk from a china cup. the ritual surrounding coffee is just not as good. and it gives me palpitations.
no way Hosea?
gee Beth I don't think it's too wise to disagree with a prophet of that calibre...
btw, I have yet to congratulate you guys in person (seeing as I was awol from your wedding, which I regret), so I shall upon our next encounter.
I LOVE the tea pots!!!
Start a collection! You rock!!!
My tea pot is a a lamb! And since we all know how much a like sheep (by "we" I mean, me, you and the rest of 'Team England' from back in the day . . .)
And tea would kick coffee's butt in a street fight any day!
However, brazilian coffee fights dirty . . .so tea may have some serious competition there!
LOVE YOU(S)
Lennon was wrong. It is not love, but in fact TEA which is The Answer.
Jimmy (actually Toby) is sucking up to Mark. Boooooo!
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